Vanessa Bryant, with a sometimes defiant gesture and accompanied by Michael Jordan, presented her husband in the compound of the immortals
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Saturday, November 16
Kobe Bryant enters the Hall of Fame with a harsh and emotional speech from his widow Vanessa
Kobe Bryant is officially in the Basketball Hall of Fame after the presentation ceremony held on Saturday afternoon in which his widow Vanessa Bryant, accompanied by Michael Jordan, was in charge of the enthronement speech.
Five years and a month after playing his final NBA game, in which he scored 60 points against Utah Jazz at the Staples Center, Kobe Bryant is already part of the immortal compound located in Springfield, Massachusetts. At the ceremony before a select group of legends, Tim Duncan, Kevin Garnett and Rudy Tomjanovich, among others .
“You did. You are now in the Hall of Fame. You are a true champion. You are not just an MVP. You are an all-time great ”, said Vanessa Bryant said during her speech minutes after Michael Jordan escorted her to the stand holding her hand.
Vanessa Bryant’s message for Kobe at the end of her Hall of Fame speech 💜💛
“I love you forever and always Kobe Bean Bryant.” pic.twitter.com/5pSkrNxMkX
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“I’m proud of you. I love you forever and ever. Kobe Bean Bryant “.
With face rather hard, with some defiant expressions and without the tears of other times , Kobe’s widow had given up a long list of thanks which included the parents of the Lakers legend for raising him the way they did, and on behalf of her husband also thanked those who ever questioned that Kobe could become so great , because that Motivation, she said, helped her succeed.
In another part of the speech, Vanessa said that Kobe once told her something that illustrated his entire winning mentality: “If you’re going to bet on someone, bet on yourself. I’m glad you bet on you… ”
She thanked Kobe for being“ the best husband and father of a family ”and said that he and Gigi deserved to have been to the ceremony.
Jordan didn’t speak on the spot, but Vanessa He remembered the days when Kobe would sit in front of the television as a fan watching the games of his favorite player, Jordan . For that reason, he explained, he always gave everything in his matches, so as not to disappoint any of his fans, especially those who were in the furthest seats in the arena and who had possibly had to save money to be there.
Then the full speech:
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